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This is a list of people who have served as [[governor of Tennessee]].
The [[governor of Tennessee]] is the [[head of government]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Tennessee]].


Tennessee has had 50 governors, including the incumbent, [[Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)|Bill Lee]].<ref>[https://www.tn.gov/governor/about-bill-lee.html Office of the Governor]</ref> Seven governors ([[John Sevier]], [[William Carroll (Tennessee politician)|William Carroll]], [[Andrew Johnson]], [[Robert Love Taylor]], [[Gordon Browning]], [[Frank G. Clement]], and [[Buford Ellington]]) have served non-consecutive terms. This tally does not include [[William Blount]] (the territorial governor) or [[Robert L. Caruthers]] (who never took office), though the ''Blue Book'' includes them in its list of governors.<ref>"[http://www.tn.gov/sos/bluebook/11-12/TS3_PastGovAndOff.pdf Past Governors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731101355/http://tn.gov/sos/bluebook/11-12/TS3_PastGovAndOff.pdf |date=July 31, 2012 }}," ''Tennessee Blue Book'' (2011&ndash;2012), pp. 547, 553.</ref> All governors are counted only once, regardless of number of terms served (e.g., [[John Sevier]] is considered the 1st governor, rather than the 1st and 3rd governor). The ''Blue Book'' does not include [[Edward H. East]] in its list of governors.
The governor's term in office is limited by the [[Constitution of Tennessee|Tennessee state constitution]]. The first constitution, enacted in 1796, set a term of two years for the governor and provided that no person could serve as governor for more than 6 years in any 8-year period.<ref name=tnenccarroll>Jonathan M. Atkins. [http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=205 "William Carroll"] in ''[[Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture]]'' (online edition). Accessed January 27, 2012.</ref> The term of office was lengthened to four years, without the possibility of consecutive terms, by constitutional amendments adopted in 1953.<ref name=tnencGovt>{{citation |url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=563 |title=Government |encyclopedia=[[Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture]]}}</ref> Under the current provisions of the state constitution, as amended in 1978, the governor is elected to a four-year term and may serve no more than two terms consecutively.<ref name=tnencGovt/><ref name=LyonsSchebStair>{{cite book |title=Government and politics in Tennessee |authors=William Lyons, John M. Scheb, Billy Stair |publisher=[[University of Tennessee Press]] |year=2001 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ac0Qtk_c7uoC&pg=PA48 48–49] |isbn=978-1-57233-141-9 }}</ref> For a period of nearly five decades in the 20th century, the [[Tennessee Democratic Party]] held the Tennessee governorship continuously.


==List of governors==
Tennessee has had 50 governors, including the incumbent, [[Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)|Bill Lee]].<ref>[https://www.tn.gov/governor/about-bill-lee.html Office of the Governor]</ref> Seven governors ([[John Sevier]], [[William Carroll (Tennessee politician)|William Carroll]], [[Andrew Johnson]], [[Robert Love Taylor]], [[Gordon Browning]], [[Frank G. Clement]], and [[Buford Ellington]]) have served non-consecutive terms. This tally does not include [[William Blount]] (the territorial governor) or [[Robert L. Caruthers]] (who never took office), though the ''Blue Book'' includes them in its list of governors.<ref>"[http://www.tn.gov/sos/bluebook/11-12/TS3_PastGovAndOff.pdf Past Governors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731101355/http://tn.gov/sos/bluebook/11-12/TS3_PastGovAndOff.pdf |date=July 31, 2012 }}," ''Tennessee Blue Book'' (2011&ndash;2012), pp. 547, 553.</ref> All governors are counted only once, regardless of number of terms served (e.g., [[John Sevier]] is considered the 1st governor, rather than the 1st and 3rd governor). The ''Blue Book'' does not include [[Edward H. East]] in its list of governors.


==Southwest Territory==
===Southwest Territory===
The [[Southwest Territory|Territory South of the River Ohio]], commonly called the Southwest Territory, was formed in 1790 from lands ceded by North Carolina to the United States government. The territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Tennessee in 1796.
The [[Southwest Territory|Territory South of the Ohio River]], commonly known as the Southwest Territory, was organized on May 26, 1790.<ref>{{usstat|1|123}}</ref>


Throughout its 6-year history, Southwest Territory had only one governor appointed by the federal government, [[William Blount]].
; Parties
{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Governor of the Territory Southwest of the River Ohio
|-
!scope="colgroup" colspan="2"|Governor
!#
!scope="col"|Term in office{{efn|The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor's successor was confirmed, unless noted.}}
!Picture
!scope="col"|Appointed by
!colspan="2"|Governor<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!Term in office
|[[File:William-blount-wb-cooper.jpg|75px]]
!Party
|'''[[William Blount]]'''<br />{{small|(1749–1800)}}<br>{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=287–289}}
!State of birth
|June 8, 1790{{efn|Blount was nominated on June 7, 1790;<ref name="blount-nomination">U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 1st Cong., 2nd sess., [https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llej&fileName=001/llej001.db&recNum=56 50], accessed July 5, 2023.</ref> confirmed by the Senate on June 8;<ref name="blount-nomination" /> and took the oath of office on September 20.{{sfn|McMullin|1984|pp=287–289}} He was reconfirmed by the Senate on December 11, 1794.<ref>U.S. Congress. ''Senate Exec. Journal''. 3rd Cong., 1st sess., [https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llej&fileName=001/llej001.db&recNum=171 165], accessed July 5, 2023.</ref>}}<br />&ndash;<br />March 28, 1796<br>{{small|(statehood)}}
!Occupation
|[[George Washington]]
!Notes
|-
|1
|[[File:William-blount-wb-cooper.jpg|100px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};"|&nbsp;
|[[William Blount]]<br />{{small|(1749–1800)}}
|September 20, 1790<br />&ndash;<br />March 30, 1796
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|[[North Carolina|NC]]
|Land speculator
|<ref>Appointed governor by President [[George Washington]]</ref>
|}
|}


==State of Tennessee==
===State of Tennessee===
Southwest Territory was [[admission to the Union|admitted to the Union]] as [[Tennessee]] on June 1, 1796.<ref>{{usstat|1|491}}</ref>


The first [[constitution of Tennessee]], enacted in 1796, set a term of two years for the governor and provided that no person could serve as governor for more than 6 years in any 8-year period.<ref name="tnenccarroll">Jonathan M. Atkins. [http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=205 "William Carroll"] in ''[[Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture]]'' (online edition). Accessed January 27, 2012.</ref> The term of office was lengthened to four years, without the possibility of consecutive terms, by constitutional amendments adopted in 1953.<ref name="tnencGovt">{{Citation |title=Government |url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=563 |work=[[Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture]]}}</ref> Under the current provisions of the state constitution, as amended in 1978, the governor is elected to a four-year term and may serve no more than two terms consecutively.<ref name=tnencGovt/><ref name="LyonsSchebStair">{{Cite book |title=Government and politics in Tennessee |publisher=[[University of Tennessee Press]] |year=2001 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ac0Qtk_c7uoC&pg=PA48 48}}</ref>
; Parties
{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}}|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (6)
{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (31)
{{legend2|{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (4)
{{legend2|{{party color|Unionist Party}}|[[Unionist Party (United States)|Unionist]]/Military|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (1)
{{legend2|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (10)


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Governors of the State of Tennessee
|-
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!#<ref>Numbering of the governors was deduced from the fact that the document at www.tn.gov/sos/bluebook/11-12/2_ExecutiveBranch.pdf identifies Bill Haslam as Tennessee's 49th Governor. Governors who served multiple non-consecutive terms have their numbers repeated in italics in subsequent terms.</ref>
!scope="colgroup" colspan="3"|Governor
!Picture
!scope="col"|Term in office
!colspan="2"|Governor<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
!scope="col"|Party
!Term in office
!scope="col"|Election
!Party
!scope="colgroup" colspan="2"|[[Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee|Lt. Governor]]{{efn|Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.}}
!Election
|- style="height:2em;"
!Occupation
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|1
!colspan="2" |Lt. Governor
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Sevier, John"|[[File:John Sevier.jpg|75px]]
|-
|rowspan="18" style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};"|&nbsp;
|1
|rowspan="3"|'''[[John Sevier]]'''<br>{{Small|(1745–1815)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1465–1466}}<ref name="nga-sevier">{{Cite web |title=John Sevier |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-sevier/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|[[File:John Sevier.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|March 30, 1796}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1796-05-11 |title=Knoxville, April 1 |page=3 |work=The Pennsylvania Herald, and York General Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pennsylvania-herald-and-york-genera/127677584/ |access-date=2023-07-05}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />September 23, 1801<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under the 1796 constitution, governors were ineligible to serve more than six years in any term of eight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1796 Tenn. Const. art. II, § 4 |url=https://tsla.tnsosfiles.com/digital/teva/transcripts/33633.pdf |access-date=2023-12-20}}</ref>|name=limits-1796}}
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="3"|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br>Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|'''[[John Sevier]]'''<br /><small>September 23, 1745 – September 24, 1815<br>(aged 70)</small>
|[[1796 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1796]]
|March 30, 1796<br />&ndash;<br />September 23, 1801
|colspan="2" rowspan="83" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|''Office did not exist''
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|
|[[1797 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1797]]
|Soldier, farmer
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="62" colspan="2"|None
|[[1799 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1799]]
|-
|- style="height:2em;"
|2
!scope="row"|2
|[[File:Portrait of Archibald Roane by C. J. Fox.jpg|100px]]
|data-sort-value="Roane, Archibald"|[[File:Portrait of Archibald Roane by C. J. Fox.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Archibald Roane]]'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|d.|died in}} 1819)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1466}}<ref name="nga-roane">{{Cite web |title=Archibald Roane |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/archibald-roane/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|'''[[Archibald Roane]]'''<br /><small>1759/60 – January 18, 1819<br>(aged 58–60)</small>
|September 23, 1801<br />&ndash;<br />September 23, 1803
|{{dts|September 23, 1801}}{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}<br />&ndash;<br />September 23, 1803<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|Democratic-Republican
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br>Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|[[1801 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1801]]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|Lawyer
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|''1''
|-
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Sevier, John"|[[File:John Sevier.jpg|75px]]
|''1''
|rowspan="3"|'''[[John Sevier]]'''<br>{{Small|(1745–1815)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1465–1466}}<ref name="nga-sevier" />
|[[File:John Sevier.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|September 23, 1803}}{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}<br />&ndash;<br />September 20, 1809<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1796}}
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="3"|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br>Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|'''[[John Sevier]]'''<br /><small>September 23, 1745 – September 24, 1815<br>(aged 70)</small>
|[[1803 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1803]]
|September 23, 1803<br />&ndash;<br />September 20, 1809
|- style="height:2em;"
|Democratic-Republican
|[[1805 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1805]]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|Soldier, farmer
|[[1807 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1807]]
|-
|- style="height:2em;"
|3
!rowspan="3" scope"row"|3
|[[File:Willie-blount-wb-cooper.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Blount, Willie"|[[File:Willie-blount-wb-cooper.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Willie Blount]]'''<br>{{Small|(1768–1835)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1467}}<ref name="nga-blount">{{Cite web |title=Willie Blount |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/willie-blount/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|'''[[Willie Blount]]'''<br /><small>April 18, 1768 – September 10, 1835<br>(aged 67)</small>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|September 20, 1809}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1809-09-29 |title=Wednesday, Sept. 20 |page=2 |work=The Democratic Clarion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-democratic-clarion-blount-inaugurate/127680710/ |access-date=2023-07-05}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />September 27, 1815<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1796}}
|September 20, 1809<br />&ndash;<br />September 27, 1815
|Democratic-Republican
|rowspan="3"|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br>Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|[[1809 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1809]]
|
|- style="height:2em;"
|Lawyer, planter
|[[1811 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1811]]
|-
|- style="height:2em;"
|4
|[[1813 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1813]]
|[[File:McMinn-joseph-by-rembrandt-peale.jpg|100px]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};"|&nbsp;
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|4
|'''[[Joseph McMinn]]'''<br /><small>June 22, 1758 – October 17, 1824<br>(aged 66)</small>
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="McMinn, Joseph"|[[File:McMinn-joseph-by-rembrandt-peale.jpg|75px]]
|September 27, 1815<br />&ndash;<br />October 1, 1821
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Joseph McMinn]]'''<br>{{Small|(1758–1824)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1468}}<ref name="nga-mcmin">{{Cite web |title=Joseph McMinn |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-mcminn/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|Democratic-Republican
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|September 27, 1815}}{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}<br />&ndash;<br />October 1, 1821<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1796}}
|
|rowspan="3"|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br>Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|Merchant
|[[1815 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1815]]
|-
|- style="height:2em;"
|5
|[[1817 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1817]]
|[[File:Governor-william-carroll-portrait.gif|100px]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};"|&nbsp;
|[[1819 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1819]]
|'''[[William Carroll (Tennessee politician)|William Carroll]]'''<br /><small>March 3, 1788 – March 22, 1844<br>(aged 56)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|October 1, 1821<br />&ndash;<br />October 1, 1827
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|5
|Democratic-Republican
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Carroll, William"|[[File:Governor-william-carroll-portrait.gif|75px]]
|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[William Carroll (Tennessee politician)|William Carroll]]'''<br>{{Small|(1788–1844)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1468–1469}}<ref name="nga-carroll">{{Cite web |title=William Carroll |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-carroll/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|Merchant, soldier
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|October 1, 1821}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1821-10-24 |title=State of Tennessee |page=4 |work=The Hillsborough Recorder |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hillsborough-recorder-carroll-inaugu/127707308/ |access-date=2023-07-06}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 1, 1827<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1796}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br>Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|6
|[[1821 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1821]]
|[[File:Thomas Flintoff - Sam Houston - Google Art Project.jpg|100px]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};"|&nbsp;
|[[1823 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1823]]
|'''[[Sam Houston]]'''<br /><small>March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863<br>(aged 70)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|October 1, 1827<br />&ndash;<br />April 16, 1829
|[[1825 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1825]]
|Democratic-Republican
|- style="height:2em;"
|
!scope="row"|6
|Lawyer
|data-sort-value="Houston, Sam"|[[File:Thomas Flintoff - Sam Houston - Google Art Project.jpg|75px]]
|-
|'''[[Sam Houston]]'''<br>{{Small|(1793–1863)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1469–1470}}
|7
|{{dts|October 1, 1827}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1827-10-06 |title=Legislature of Tennessee |language=en-us |page=4 |work=National Banner and Nashville Whig |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-banner-and-nashville-whig-houst/127707362/ |access-date=2023-10-02}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />April 16, 1829<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Houston resigned with no specific reasoning, but it was during the collapse of his marriage.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1469–1470}}}}
|[[File:Hall-william-by-wb-cooper.jpg|100px]]
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br>Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|[[1827 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1827]]
|'''[[William Hall (governor)|William Hall]]'''<br /><small>February 11, 1775 – October 7, 1856<br>(aged 81)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|April 16, 1829<br />&ndash;<br />October 1, 1829
!scope="row"|7
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|data-sort-value="Hall, William"|[[File:Hall-william-by-wb-cooper.jpg|75px]]
|
|'''[[William Hall (governor)|William Hall]]'''<br>{{Small|(1775–1856)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1471}}<ref name="nga-hall">{{Cite web |title=William Hall |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-hall/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|Planter, soldier
|{{dts|April 16, 1829}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1829-04-18 |title=none |page=3 |work=National Banner and Nashville Whig | quote=Governor Houston having resigned the office of Governor of the state, the duties for the remainder of the term devolve upon Gen. Wm. Hall, Speaker of the Senate... | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-banner-and-nashville-whig-hall/127707500/ |access-date=2023-07-06}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 1, 1829<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|-
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-<br>Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|''5''
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />speaker of<br />the Senate}}
|[[File:Governor-william-carroll-portrait.gif|100px]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|''5''
|'''[[William Carroll (Tennessee politician)|William Carroll]]'''<br /><small>March 3, 1788 – March 22, 1844<br>(aged 56)</small>
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Carroll, William"|[[File:Governor-william-carroll-portrait.gif|75px]]
|October 1, 1829<br />&ndash;<br />October 12, 1835
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|Democratic
|rowspan="3"|'''[[William Carroll (Tennessee politician)|William Carroll]]'''<br>{{Small|(1788–1844)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1468–1469}}<ref name="nga-carroll" />
|
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|October 1, 1829}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1829-10-03 |title=Legislature of Tennessee |page=3 |work=National Banner and Nashville Whig |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-banner-and-nashville-whig-carro/127707546/ |access-date=2023-07-06}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 12, 1835<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1796}}
|Merchant, soldier
|rowspan="3"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{efn|Carroll is labeled a Jackson Democrat by Kallenbach,{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}} and a Democratic-Republican by Glashan.{{sfn|Glashan|1979|p=294}}}}
|-
|[[1829 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1829]]
|8
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[File:Cannon-newton-by-wb-cooper.jpg|100px]]
|[[1831 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1831]]
|style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|'''[[Newton Cannon]]'''<br /><small>May 22, 1781 – September 16, 1841<br>(aged 60)</small>
|[[1833 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1833]]
|October 12, 1835<br />&ndash;<br />October 14, 1839
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|8
|
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Cannon, Newton"|[[File:Cannon-newton-by-wb-cooper.jpg|75px]]
|Planter
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"|
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Newton Cannon]]'''<br>{{Small|(1781–1841)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1471–1472}}<ref name="nga-cannon">{{Cite web |title=Newton Cannon |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/newton-cannon/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|9
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|October 12, 1835}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 21st general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108189298&seq=30 24], accessed July 6, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 14, 1839<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|[[File:JamesKnoxPolk.png|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]{{efn|Dubin{{sfn|Dubin|2003|p=247}} and Kallenbach{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=557}} label Cannon's party affiliation in 1835 as Anti-Van Buren Democratic.}}
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|[[1835 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1835]]
|'''[[James K. Polk]]'''<br /><small>November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849<br>(aged 53)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|October 14, 1839<br />&ndash;<br />October 15, 1841
|[[1837 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1837]]
|Democratic
|- style="height:2em;"
|
!scope="row"|9
|Lawyer, politician
|data-sort-value="Polk, James"|[[File:JamesKnoxPolk.png|75px]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|10
|'''[[James K. Polk]]'''<br>{{Small|(1795–1849)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1472–1473}}<ref name="nga-polk">{{Cite web |title=James Knox Polk |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-knox-polk/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|[[File:James Chamberlain Jones Governor of Tennessee.jpg|100px]]
|{{dts|October 14, 1839}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 23rd general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108189314&seq=34 30], accessed July 6, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 14, 1841<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|'''[[James C. Jones]]'''<br /><small>April 20, 1809 – October 29, 1859<br>(aged 50)</small>
|[[1839 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1839]]
|October 15, 1841<br />&ndash;<br />October 14, 1845
|- style="height:2em;"
|Whig
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|10
|
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Jones, James"|[[File:James Chamberlain Jones Governor of Tennessee.jpg|75px]]
|Lawyer
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"|
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''[[James C. Jones]]'''<br>{{Small|(1809–1859)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1473–1474}}<ref name="nga-jones">{{Cite web |title=James Chamberlain Jones |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-chamberlain-jones/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|11
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|October 14, 1841}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 24th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108189322&seq=104 78], accessed July 6, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 15, 1845<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|[[File:Hon. Aaron V. Brown, Tenn - NARA - 528326.jpg|100px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|[[1841 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1841]]
|'''[[Aaron V. Brown]]'''<br /><small>August 15, 1795 – March 8, 1859<br>(aged 63)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|October 14, 1845<br />&ndash;<br />October 17, 1847
|[[1843 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1843]]
|Democratic
|- style="height:2em;"
|
!scope="row"|11
|Lawyer
|data-sort-value="Brown, Aaron"|[[File:Hon. Aaron V. Brown, Tenn - NARA - 528326.jpg|75px]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|12
|'''[[Aaron V. Brown]]'''<br>{{Small|(1795–1859)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1474–1475}}<ref name="nga-brown-aaron">{{Cite web |title=Aaron Venable Brown |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/aaron-venable-brown/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|[[File:Neill Smith Brown by Mathew Brady 1849.jpg|100px]]
|{{dts|October 15, 1845}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 26th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108189330&seq=110 102], accessed July 6, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 17, 1847<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|'''[[Neill S. Brown]]'''<br /><small>April 18, 1810 – January 30, 1886<br>(aged 75)</small>
|[[1845 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1845]]
|October 17, 1847<br />&ndash;<br />October 16, 1849
|- style="height:2em;"
|Whig
!scope="row"|12
|
|data-sort-value="Brown, Neill"|[[File:Neill Smith Brown by Mathew Brady 1849.jpg|75px]]
|Lawyer
|style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"|
|-
|'''[[Neill S. Brown]]'''<br>{{Small|(1810–1886)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1475–1476}}<ref name="nga-brown-neill">{{Cite web |title=Neill Smith Brown |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/neill-smith-brown/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|13
|{{dts|October 17, 1847}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 27th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108189348&seq=87 77], accessed July 6, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 16, 1849<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|[[File:Trousdale-william-portrait1.jpg|100px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|[[1847 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1847]]
|'''[[William Trousdale]]'''<br /><small>September 23, 1790 – March 27, 1872<br>(aged 81)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|October 16, 1849<br />&ndash;<br />October 16, 1851
!scope="row"|13
|Democratic
|data-sort-value="Trousdale, William"|[[File:Trousdale-william-portrait1.jpg|75px]]
|
|style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|Lawyer
|'''[[William Trousdale]]'''<br>{{Small|(1790–1872)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1476–1477}}<ref name="nga-trousdale">{{Cite web |title=William Trousdale |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-trousdale/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|October 16, 1849}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 28th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108189355&seq=130 104], accessed July 6, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 16, 1851<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|14
|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|[[File:Campbell-william-by-wb-cooper.jpg|100px]]
|[[1849 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1849]]
|style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|'''[[William B. Campbell]]'''<br /><small>February 1, 1807 – August 19, 1867<br>(aged 60)</small>
!scope="row"|14
|October 16, 1851<br />&ndash;<br />October 17, 1853
|data-sort-value="Campbell, William"|[[File:Campbell-william-by-wb-cooper.jpg|75px]]
|Whig
|style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};"|
|
|'''[[William B. Campbell]]'''<br>{{Small|(1807–1867)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1477–1478}}<ref name="nga-campbell">{{Cite web |title=William Bowen Campbell |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-bowen-campbell/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|Lawyer
|{{dts|October 16, 1851}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 29th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108189363&seq=79 75], accessed July 6, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 17, 1853<br>{{small|(did not run)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1477–1478}}
|-
|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|15
|[[1851 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1851]]
|[[File:President Andrew Johnson.jpg|100px]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|15
|'''[[Andrew Johnson]]'''<br /><small>December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875<br>(aged 66)</small>
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Johnson, Andrew"|[[File:President Andrew Johnson.jpg|75px]]
|October 17, 1853<br />&ndash;<br />November 3, 1857
|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|Democratic
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Andrew Johnson]]'''<br>{{Small|(1808–1875)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1478–1480}}<ref name="nga-johnson">{{Cite web |title=Andrew Johnson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/andrew-johnson/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|October 17, 1853}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 30th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108190155&seq=70 64], accessed July 6, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />November 3, 1857<br>{{small|(did not run)}}{{efn|Johnson was instead [[1856–57 United States Senate elections|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1478–1480}}}}
|Tailor, lawyer, politician
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|-
|[[1853 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1853]]
|16
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[File:Isham-harris-by-brady.jpg|100px]]
|[[1855 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1855]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|'''[[Isham G. Harris]]'''<br /><small>February 10, 1818 – July 8, 1897<br>(aged 79)</small>
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|16
|November 3, 1857<br />&ndash;<br />March 12, 1862<ref>Harris continued issuing edicts as governor throughout the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Tennesseans elected [[Robert L. Caruthers]] as Harris's successor in 1863, but Caruthers never took office.</ref>
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Harris, Isham"|[[File:Isham-harris-by-brady.jpg|75px]]
|Democratic
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Isham G. Harris]]'''<br>{{Small|(1818–1897)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1480–1481}}<ref name="nga-harris">{{Cite web |title=Isham Green Harris |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/isham-green-harris/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|November 3, 1857}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 32nd general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108190130&seq=118 100], accessed July 6, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />March 12, 1862<br>{{small|(deposed)}}{{efn|Harris fled [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] for [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] after the [[Battle of Fort Donelson]] in February 1862, and was later driven from the state by Union forces as he worked with the Confederate army.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1480–1481}} Johnson was appointed military governor of Tennessee on March 12, 1862, by the Union forces occupying [[Middle Tennessee|Middle]] and [[East Tennessee|East]] Tennessee.{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1478–1480}} Meanwhile, the Confederate-held portions of [[West Tennessee]] held an [[1863 Tennessee gubernatorial election|election]] in August 1863, in which Harris would have been term-limited, and elected [[Robert L. Caruthers]] governor. However, as the legislature was unable to convene, Caruthers was never able to take office.{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}<ref name="nga-caruthers">{{Cite web |title=Robert Looney Caruthers |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-looney-caruthers/ |access-date=July 6, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>}}
|Lawyer, politician
|rowspan="3"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|-
|[[1857 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1857]]
|''15''
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[File:President Andrew Johnson.jpg|100px]]
|[[1859 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1859]]
|style="background: {{party color|Unionist Party}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|'''[[Andrew Johnson]]'''<br /><small>December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875<br>(aged 66)</small>
|[[1861 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1861]]
|March 12, 1862<br />&ndash;<br />March 4, 1865
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[Unionist Party (United States)|Unionist]]/Military
!scope="row"|''15''
|
|data-sort-value="Johnson, Andrew"|[[File:President Andrew Johnson.jpg|75px]]
|Lawyer, politician
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nonpartisan politician}};"|
|-
|'''[[Andrew Johnson]]'''<br>{{Small|(1808–1875)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1478–1480}}<ref name="nga-johnson" />
|{{dts|March 12, 1862}}{{efn|Johnson was appointed military governor on March 4;<ref>{{Cite news |date=1862-03-14 |title=A Provisional Military Government for Tennessee |page=2 |work=The Memphis Daily Avalanche |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-memphis-daily-avalanche-johnson-appo/127748094/ |access-date=2023-07-06}}</ref> he arrived in Nashville on March 12.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1862-03-21 |title=Gov. Johnson at Nashville |page=2 |work=The Buffalo Commercial |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-commercial-johnson-arrives-m/127748165/ |access-date=2023-07-06}}</ref>}}<br />&ndash;<br />March 4, 1865<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Johnson resigned, having been [[1864 United States presidential election|elected]] [[Vice President of the United States]].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1478–1480}}{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}}}
|colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Military governor<br>appointed by President}}
|- style="height:2em;"
!scope="row"|—
|data-sort-value="East, Edward"|[[File:Edward-hazzard-east-by-ritchie.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Edward H. East]]'''<br>{{Small|(1830–1904)}}<br><ref name="nga-east">{{Cite web |title=Edward Hazzard East |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/edward-hazzard-east/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|{{dts|March 4, 1865}}{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}<br />&ndash;<br />April 5, 1865<br>{{small|(successor took office)}}
|—
|—
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Secretary of<br />state<br />acting}}
|[[File:Edward-hazzard-east-by-ritchie.jpg|100px]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|17
|'''[[Edward H. East]]'''<br /><small>October 1, 1830 – November 12, 1904<br>(aged 74)</small>
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Brownlow, William"|[[File:William Gannaway Brownlow 2.jpg|75px]]
|March 4, 1865<br />&ndash;<br />April 5, 1865<ref>East was [[Tennessee Secretary of State]] from 1862–1865, appointed by [[Andrew Johnson]], the military governor of the state under [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] occupation during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. After Johnson was inaugurated as [[Vice President of the United States]] on March 4, 1865, East became the ''Acting Governor of Tennessee'' until [[William G. Brownlow]], the "elected" governor of Tennessee, was inaugurated on April 5, 1865. The official ''Tennessee Blue Book'' does not include East in its list of former governors.</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Parson Brownlow]]'''<br>{{Small|(1805–1877)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1481–1482}}<ref name="nga-brownlow">{{Cite web |title=William Gannaway Brownlow |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-gannaway-brownlow/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|April 5, 1865}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 1865 general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112110908990&seq=25 19], accessed July 6, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />February 25, 1869<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Brownlow resigned, having been [[1868–69 United States Senate elections|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1481–1482}}}}
|Lawyer
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|-
|[[1865 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1865]]
|17
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[File:William Gannaway Brownlow 2.jpg|100px]]
|[[1867 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1867]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|'''[[William G. Brownlow]]'''<br /><small>August 29, 1805 – April 29, 1877<br>(aged 71)</small>
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|18
|April 5, 1865<br />&ndash;<br />February 25, 1869
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Senter, Dewitt"|[[File:Dewitt-clinton-senter-tn1.png|75px]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Dewitt Clinton Senter]]'''<br>{{Small|(1830–1898)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1482–1483}}<ref name="nga-senter">{{Cite web |title=DeWitt Clinton Senter |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/dewitt-clinton-senter/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|February 25, 1869}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 35th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010021313&seq=315 309], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 10, 1871<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|Editor, preacher
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|-
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />speaker of<br />the Senate}}
|18
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[File:Dewitt-clinton-senter-tn1.png|100px]]
|[[1869 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1869]]
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|- style="height:2em;"
|'''[[Dewitt Clinton Senter]]'''<br /><small>March 26, 1830 – June 14, 1898<br>(aged 68)</small>
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|19
|February 25, 1869<br />&ndash;<br />October 10, 1871
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Brown, John"|[[File:JCBrown-tn-gov-gen.jpg|75px]]
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[John C. Brown]]'''<br>{{Small|(1827–1889)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1483–1484}}<ref name="nga-brown-john">{{Cite web |title=John Calvin Brown |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-calvin-brown/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|Lawyer
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|October 10, 1871}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 37th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108191088&seq=45 39], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 18, 1875<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|19
|[[1870 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1870]]
|[[File:JCBrown-tn-gov-gen.jpg|100px]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|[[1872 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1872]]
|'''[[John C. Brown]]'''<br /><small>January 6, 1827 – August 17, 1889<br>(aged 62)</small>
|- style="height:2em;"
|October 10, 1871<br />&ndash;<br />January 18, 1875
!rowspan="2" scope"row"|20
|Democratic
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Porter, James"|[[File:Porter-james-by-wb-cooper.jpg|75px]]
|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[James D. Porter]]'''<br>{{Small|(1828–1912)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1484–1485}}<ref name="nga-porter">{{Cite web |title=James Davis Porter |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-davis-porter/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|Lawyer
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 18, 1875}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 39th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108191112&seq=126 120], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />February 16, 1879<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="2"|20
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Porter-james-by-wb-cooper.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|'''[[James D. Porter]]'''<br /><small>December 7, 1828 – May 18, 1912<br>(aged 83)</small>
|rowspan="2"|January 18, 1875<br />&ndash;<br />February 16, 1879
|rowspan="2"|Democratic
|[[1874 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1874]]
|[[1874 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1874]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|Lawyer, educator
|-
|[[1876 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1876]]
|[[1876 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1876]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|21
!scope"row"|21
|[[File:Marks-albert-by-wb-cooper.jpg|100px]]
|data-sort-value="Marks, Albert"|[[File:Marks-albert-by-wb-cooper.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Albert S. Marks]]'''<br>{{Small|(1836–1891)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1486}}<ref name="nga-marks">{{Cite web |title=Albert Smith Marks |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/albert-smith-marks/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|February 16, 1879}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 41st general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108191146&seq=138 132], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1881<br>{{small|(did not run)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1486}}
|'''[[Albert S. Marks]]'''<br /><small>October 16, 1836 – November 4, 1891<br>(aged 55)</small>
|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|February 16, 1879<br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1881
|Democratic
|[[1878 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1878]]
|[[1878 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1878]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|Lawyer, judge
!scope"row"|22
|-
|data-sort-value="Hawkins, Alvin"|[[File:Hawkins-alvin-by-wb-cooper.jpg|75px]]
|22
|style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|[[File:Hawkins-alvin-by-wb-cooper.jpg|100px]]
|'''[[Alvin Hawkins]]'''<br>{{Small|(1821–1905)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1486–1487}}<ref name="nga-hawkins">{{Cite web |title=Alvin Hawkins |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/alvin-hawkins/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 17, 1881}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 42nd general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108190437&seq=168 162], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1883<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|'''[[Alvin Hawkins]]'''<br /><small>December 2, 1821 – April 27, 1905<br>(aged 83)</small>
|[[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|January 17, 1881<br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1883
|Republican
|[[1880 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1880]]
|[[1880 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1880]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|Lawyer, judge
!rowspan="2" scope"row"|23
|-
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Bate, William"|[[File:William Bate.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|23
|rowspan="15" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|[[File:William Bate.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[William B. Bate]]'''<br>{{Small|(1826–1905)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1487–1488}}<ref name="nga-bate">{{Cite web |title=William Brimage Bate |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-brimage-bate/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 15, 1883}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 43rd general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108190460&seq=190 184], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1887<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan="2"|'''[[William B. Bate]]'''<br /><small>October 7, 1826 – March 9, 1905<br>(aged 78)</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="2"|January 15, 1883<br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1887
|rowspan="2"|Democratic
|[[1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1882]]
|[[1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1882]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|Lawyer, politician
|-
|[[1884 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1884]]
|[[1884 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1884]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2"|24
!rowspan="2" scope"row"|24
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Taylor-robert-love-before-1912.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Taylor, Robert"|[[File:Taylor-robert-love-before-1912.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Robert Love Taylor]]'''<br>{{Small|(1850–1912)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1488–1489}}<ref name="nga-taylor-robert">{{Cite web |title=Robert Love Taylor |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-love-taylor/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 17, 1887}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 45th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108190494&seq=191 185], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 19, 1891<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Robert Love Taylor]]'''<br /><small>July 31, 1850 – March 31, 1912<br>(aged 61)</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="2"|January 17, 1887<br />&ndash;<br />January 19, 1891
|rowspan="2"|Democratic
|[[1886 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1886]]
|[[1886 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1886]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|Lawyer, politician
|-
|[[1888 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1888]]
|[[1888 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1888]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|25
!scope"row"|25
|[[File:Buchanan-john-price-by-wb-newman.jpg|100px]]
|data-sort-value="Buchanan, John"|[[File:Buchanan-john-price-by-wb-newman.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[John P. Buchanan]]'''<br>{{Small|(1847–1930)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1490}}<ref name="nga-buchanan">{{Cite web |title=John Price Buchanan |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-price-buchanan/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 19, 1891}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 47th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108190361&seq=62 58], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1893<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|'''[[John P. Buchanan]]'''<br /><small>October 24, 1847 – May 14, 1930<br>(aged 82)</small>
|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|January 19, 1891<br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1893
|Democratic
|[[1890 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1890]]
|[[1890 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1890]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|Farmer
!rowspan="2" scope"row"|26
|-
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Turney, Peter"|[[File:Turney-peter-by-branson.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|26
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Peter Turney]]'''<br>{{Small|(1827–1903)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1491–1492}}<ref name="nga-turney">{{Cite web |title=Peter Turney |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/peter-turney/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Turney-peter-by-branson.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 16, 1893}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 48th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108190395&seq=101 95], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 21, 1897<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Peter Turney]]'''<br /><small>September 22, 1827 – October 19, 1903<br>(aged 76)</small>
|rowspan="2"|January 16, 1893<br />&ndash;<br />January 21, 1897
|rowspan="2"|Democratic
|[[1892 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1892]]
|[[1892 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1892]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|Lawyer, judge
|-
|[[1894 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1894]]
|[[1894 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1894]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|''24''
!scope="row"|''24''
|[[File:Taylor-robert-love-before-1912.jpg|100px]]
|data-sort-value="Taylor, Robert"|[[File:Taylor-robert-love-before-1912.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Robert Love Taylor]]'''<br>{{Small|(1850–1912)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1488–1489}}<ref name="nga-taylor-robert" />
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 21, 1897}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 50th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108190429&seq=172 170], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1899<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|'''[[Robert Love Taylor]]'''<br /><small>July 31, 1850 – March 31, 1912<br>(aged 61)</small>
|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|January 21, 1897<br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1899
|Democratic
|[[1896 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1896]]
|[[1896 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1896]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|Lawyer, politician
!rowspan="2" scope"row"|27
|-
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="McMillin, Benton"|[[File:Benton McMillin 3575401083 6b3c77e538 o.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|27
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Benton McMillin]]'''<br>{{Small|(1845–1933)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1492–1493}}<ref name="nga-mcmillin">{{Cite web |title=Benton McMillin |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/benton-mcmillin/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Benton McMillin 3575401083 6b3c77e538 o.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 16, 1899}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 51st general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112105492836&seq=90 85], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 20, 1903<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Benton McMillin]]'''<br /><small>September 11, 1845 – January 8, 1933<br>(aged 87)</small>
|rowspan="2"|January 16, 1899<br />&ndash;<br />January 19, 1903
|rowspan="2"|Democratic
|[[1898 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1898]]
|[[1898 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1898]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|Lawyer, diplomat
|-
|[[1900 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1900]]
|[[1900 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1900]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2"|28
!rowspan="2" scope"row"|28
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Frazier-james-by-lloyd-branson.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Frazier, James"|[[File:Frazier-james-by-lloyd-branson.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[James B. Frazier]]'''<br>{{Small|(1856–1937)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1493–1494}}<ref name="nga-frazier">{{Cite web |title=James Beriah Frazier |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-beriah-frazier/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 20, 1903}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 53rd general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108190551&seq=79 71], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />March 27, 1905<br>{{small|(resigned)}}{{efn|Frazier resigned, having been [[1904–05 United States Senate elections|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]].{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1493–1494}}}}
|rowspan="2"|'''[[James B. Frazier]]'''<br /><small>October 18, 1856 – March 28, 1937<br>(aged 80)</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="2"|January 19, 1903<br />&ndash;<br />March 21, 1905
|rowspan="2"|Democratic
|[[1902 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1902]]
|[[1902 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1902]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|Lawyer, politician
|[[1904 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1904]]
|-
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|[[1904 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1904]]
!scope"row"|29
|-
|data-sort-value="Cox, John"|[[File:Cox-john-isaac-governor-tn.jpg|75px]]
|29
|'''[[John I. Cox]]'''<br>{{Small|(1855–1946)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1494–1495}}<ref name="nga-cox">{{Cite web |title=John Isaac Cox |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-isaac-cox/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|[[File:Cox-john-isaac-governor-tn.jpg|100px]]
|{{dts|March 27, 1905}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1905-03-28 |title=John I. Cox Takes Oath |page=1 |work=Chattanooga Daily Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times/112310604/ |access-date=2023-07-07}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1907<br>{{small|(lost nomination)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1494–1495}}
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|'''[[John I. Cox]]'''<br /><small>November 23, 1855 – September 5, 1946<br>(aged 90)</small>
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />speaker of<br />the Senate}}
|March 21, 1905<br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1907
|- style="height:2em;"
|Democratic
!rowspan="2" scope"row"|30
|Lawyer
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Patterson, Maclolm"|[[File:Patterson-malcolm-governor-tn2.jpg|75px]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Malcolm R. Patterson]]'''<br>{{Small|(1861–1935)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1495–1496}}<ref name="nga-patterson">{{Cite web |title=Malcolm Rice Patterson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/malcolm-rice-patterson/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|30
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 17, 1907}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 55th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108190569&seq=94 86], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 25, 1911<br>{{small|(withdrew)}}{{efn|Patterson received the Democratic nomination, but withdrew after a schism in the party.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1910-09-12 |title=No Longer a Candidate |page=1 |work=The Leaf-Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-patterson-withdraws/127674684/ |access-date=2023-07-05}}</ref>}}
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Patterson-malcolm-governor-tn2.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Malcolm R. Patterson]]'''<br /><small>June 7, 1861 – March 8, 1935<br>(aged 73)</small>
|rowspan="2"|January 17, 1907<br />&ndash;<br />January 26, 1911
|rowspan="2"|Democratic
|[[1906 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1906]]
|[[1906 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1906]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|Lawyer, judge
|-
|[[1908 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1908]]
|[[1908 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1908]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2"|31
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|31
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Hooper-ben-by-bain.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Hooper, Ben"|[[File:Hooper-ben-by-bain.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Ben W. Hooper]]'''<br>{{Small|(1870–1957)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1496–1498}}<ref name="nga-hooper">{{Cite web |title=Ben Walter Hooper |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/ben-walter-hooper/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Ben W. Hooper]]'''<br /><small>October 13, 1870 – April 18, 1957<br>(aged 86)</small>
|rowspan="2"|January 26, 1911<br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1915
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 25, 1911}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 57th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108190585&seq=128 118], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1915<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|rowspan="2"|Republican
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|[[1910 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1910]]
|[[1910 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1910]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|Lawyer
|-
|[[1912 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1912]]
|[[1912 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1912]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2"|32
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|32
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Rye-thomas-clarke-by-bain.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Rye, Thomas"|[[File:Rye-thomas-clarke-by-bain.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Thomas Clarke Rye]]'''<br>{{Small|(1863–1953)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1498–1499}}<ref name="nga-rye">{{Cite web |title=Thomas Clarke Rye |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-clarke-rye/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Thomas Clarke Rye|Thomas C. Rye]]'''<br /><small>June 2, 1863 – September 12, 1953<br>(aged 90)</small>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 15, 1915}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 59th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112110909311&seq=141 135], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1919<br>{{small|(did not run)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1498–1499}}
|rowspan="2"|January 17, 1915<br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1919
|rowspan="2"|Democratic
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|[[1914 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1914]]
|[[1914 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1914]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|Lawyer, judge
|-
|[[1916 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1916]]
|[[1916 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1916]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!scope="row"|33
|33
|[[File:Albert H. Roberts.jpg|100px]]
|data-sort-value="Roberts, Albert"|[[File:Albert H. Roberts.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Albert H. Roberts]]'''<br>{{Small|(1868–1946)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1499}}<ref name="nga-roberts">{{Cite web |title=Albert Houston Roberts |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/albert-houston-roberts/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 15, 1919}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 61st general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108190114&seq=93 91], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1921<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|'''[[Albert H. Roberts]]'''<br /><small>July 4, 1868 – June 25, 1946<br>(aged 77)</small>
|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|January 15, 1919<br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1921
|Democratic
|[[1918 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1918]]
|[[1918 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1918]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|Lawyer, judge
!scope="row"|34
|-
|data-sort-value="Taylor, Alfred"|[[File:Alfred-alexander-taylor-tn2.jpg|75px]]
|34
|style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|[[File:Alfred-alexander-taylor-tn2.jpg|100px]]
|'''[[Alfred A. Taylor]]'''<br>{{Small|(1848–1931)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1500}}<ref name="nga-taylor-alfred">{{Cite web |title=Alfred Alexander Taylor |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/alfred-alexander-taylor/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 15, 1921}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 62nd general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112110909345&seq=143 139], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1923<br>{{small|(lost election)}}
|'''[[Alfred A. Taylor]]'''<br /><small>August 6, 1848 – November 25, 1931<br>(aged 83)</small>
|[[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|January 15, 1921<br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1923
|Republican
|[[1920 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1920]]
|[[1920 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1920]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|Lawyer
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|35
|-
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Peay, Austin"|[[File:AustinPeay.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="3"|35
|rowspan="22" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="3"|[[File:AustinPeay.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Austin Peay]]'''<br>{{Small|(1876–1927)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1501}}<ref name="nga-peay">{{Cite web |title=Austin Peay III |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/austin-peay-iii/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 16, 1923}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1923-01-16 |title=Peay Becomes Governor Before Vast Audience |page=1 |work=The Leaf-Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-peay-inaugurated-janu/127801422/ |access-date=2023-07-07}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />October 2, 1927<br>{{small|(died in office)}}
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Austin Peay]]'''<br /><small>June 1, 1876 – October 2, 1927<br>(aged 51)</small>
|rowspan="3"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="3"|January 16, 1923<br />&ndash;<br />October 3, 1927<ref>Peay was the only Governor of Tennessee to die in office, and was succeeded by [[Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee|Lieutenant Governor]] Henry Horton.</ref>
|rowspan="3"|Democratic
|[[1922 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1922]]
|[[1922 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1922]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="3"|Lawyer
|-
|[[1924 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1924]]
|[[1924 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1924]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[1926 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1926]]
|[[1926 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1926]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="3"|36
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|36
|rowspan="3"|[[File:Henry Hollis Horton.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Horton, Henry"|[[File:Henry Hollis Horton.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Henry Hollis Horton]]'''<br>{{Small|(1866–1934)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1502}}<ref name="nga-horton">{{Cite web |title=Henry Hollis Horton |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-hollis-horton/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|October 2, 1927}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1927-10-03 |title=Governor Peay Dies Peacefully |page=1 |work=The Tennessean |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-1927103-governor-peay-d/36567900/ |access-date=2023-07-07}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1933<br>{{small|(did not run)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1502}}
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Henry Hollis Horton]]'''<br /><small>February 17, 1866 – July 2, 1934<br>(aged 68)</small>
|rowspan="3"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="3"|October 3, 1927<br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1933
|style="background:#EEEEEE;"|{{small|Succeeded from<br />speaker of<br />the Senate}}
|rowspan="3"|Democratic
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="3"|Lawyer, farmer
|-
|[[1928 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1928]]
|[[1928 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1928]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|[[1930 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1930]]
|[[1930 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1930]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2"|37
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|37
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Hill McAlister.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="McAlister, Hill"|[[File:Hill McAlister.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Hill McAlister]]'''<br>{{Small|(1875–1959)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1503}}<ref name="nga-mcalister">{{Cite web |title=Harry Hill McAlister |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/harry-hill-mcalister/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 17, 1933}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the House of Representatives''. 68th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112110909428&seq=179 149], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1937<br>{{small|(did not run)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|p=1503}}
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Hill McAlister]]'''<br /><small>July 15, 1875 – October 30, 1959<br>(aged 84)</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="2"|January 17, 1933<br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1937
|rowspan="2"|Democratic
|[[1932 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1932]]
|[[1932 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1932]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|Lawyer
|-
|[[1934 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1934]]
|[[1934 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1934]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!scope="row"|38
|38
|[[File:Gordon Browning (TN).png|100px]]
|data-sort-value="Browning, Gordon"|[[File:Gordon Browning (TN).png|75px]]
|'''[[Gordon Browning]]'''<br>{{Small|(1889–1976)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1504–1505}}<ref name="nga-browning">{{Cite web |title=Gordon Browning |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/gordon-browning/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 15, 1937}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=1937-01-15 |title=Browning Takes Oath of Office Before Huge Throng; Pledges Honest, Efficient Government |page=1 |work=Kingsport Times |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kingsport-times-browning-inaugurated-jan/127807612/ |access-date=2023-07-07}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1939<br>{{small|(lost nomination)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1505–1506}}
|'''[[Gordon Browning]]'''<br /><small>November 22, 1889 – May 23, 1976<br>(aged 86)</small>
|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|January 15, 1937<br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1939
|Democratic
|[[1936 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1936]]
|[[1936 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1936]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|Lawyer, judge
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"scope="rowgroup"|39
|-
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Cooper, Prentice"|[[File:William Prentice Cooper, Tennessee Governor 1939-1945.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="3"|39
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Prentice Cooper]]'''<br>{{Small|(1895–1969)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1505–1506}}<ref name="nga-cooper">{{Cite web |title=William Prentice Cooper |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-prentice-cooper/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|[[File:William Prentice Cooper, Tennessee Governor 1939-1945.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 16, 1939}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=O. K. |date=1939-01-17 |title=Cooper Takes State Reins; Posts Filled |page=1 |work=The Tennessean |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-cooper-inaugurated-januar/127807787/ |access-date=2023-07-07}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1945<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under the 1870 constitution, governors were ineligible to serve more than six years in any term of eight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1870 Tenn. Const. art. II, § 4 |url=https://www.tngenweb.org/law/constitution1870.html |access-date=2023-12-20}}</ref>|name=limits-1870}}
|rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="3"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Prentice Cooper]]'''<br /><small>September 28, 1895 – May 18, 1969<br>(aged 73)</small>
|rowspan="3"|January 16, 1939<br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1945
|rowspan="3"|Democratic
|[[1938 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1938]]
|[[1938 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1938]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="3"|Lawyer
|-
|[[1940 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1940]]
|[[1940 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1940]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|[[1942 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1942]]
|[[1942 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1942]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2"|40
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|40
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Mccord-jim-nance.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="McCord, Jim"|[[File:Mccord-jim-nance.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Jim Nance McCord]]'''<br>{{Small|(1879–1968)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1506–1507}}<ref name="nga-mccord">{{Cite web |title=Jim Nance McCord |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/jim-nance-mccord/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 16, 1945}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 74th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108191237&seq=168 164], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1949<br>{{small|(lost nomination)}}{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1504–1505}}
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Jim Nance McCord]]'''<br /><small>March 17, 1879 – September 2, 1968<br>(aged 89)</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="2"|January 16, 1945<br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1949
|rowspan="2"|Democratic
|[[1944 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1944]]
|[[1944 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1944]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|Editor
|-
|[[1946 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1946]]
|[[1946 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1946]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2" |''38''
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|''38''
|rowspan="2" |[[File:Gordon Browning (TN).png|100px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Browning, Gordon"|[[File:Gordon Browning (TN).png|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Gordon Browning]]'''<br>{{Small|(1889–1976)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1504–1505}}<ref name="nga-browning" />
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 17, 1949}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fontenay |first=Charles L. |date=1949-01-18 |title=Browning Strikes at Dictators, Foes on Taking Office |page=1 |work=The Tennessean |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-browning-inaugurated-janu/127808066/ |access-date=2023-07-07}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1953<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1870}}
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Gordon Browning]]'''<br /><small>November 22, 1889 – May 23, 1976<br>(aged 86)</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="2" |January 16, 1949<br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1953
|[[1948 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1948]]
|rowspan="2" |Democratic
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" |[[1950 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1950]]
|[[1950 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1950]]
|rowspan="2" |Lawyer, judge
|-
|rowspan="16" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="16" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|Walter M. Haynes
|{{sortname|Walter M.|Haynes|nolink=1}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2"|41
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|41
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Frank Goad Clement Tennessee Governor.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Clement, Frank"|[[File:Frank Goad Clement Tennessee Governor.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Frank G. Clement]]'''<br>{{Small|(1920–1969)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1507–1508}}<ref name="nga-clement">{{Cite web |title=Frank Goad Clement |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/frank-goad-clement/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 15, 1953}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fontenay |first=Charles L. |date=1953-01-16 |title=Browning Passes Keys to Clement with Challenge |page=1 |work=The Tennessean |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-clement-inaugurated-janua/127808140/ |access-date=2023-07-07}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 19, 1959<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under a 1953 amendment to the constitution, governors were ineligible to succeed themselves.{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|p=551}}|name=limits-1953}}
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Frank G. Clement]]'''<br /><small>June 2, 1920 – November 4, 1969<br>(aged 49)</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="2"|January 15, 1953<br />&ndash;<br />January 19, 1959
|rowspan="2"|Democratic
|[[1952 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1952]]
|[[1952 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1952]]
|rowspan="2"|Lawyer
|rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Jared|Maddux}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|[[Jared Maddux]]
|-
|[[1954 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1954]]
|[[1954 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1954]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
!scope="row"|42
|42
|[[File:Earl Buford Ellington, Tennessee Governor.jpg|100px]]
|data-sort-value="Ellington, Buford"|[[File:Earl Buford Ellington, Tennessee Governor.jpg|75px]]
|'''[[Buford Ellington]]'''<br>{{Small|(1907–1972)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1508–1509}}<ref name="nga-ellington">{{Cite web |title=Earl Buford Ellington |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/earl-buford-ellington/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 19, 1959}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 81st general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112109611886&seq=123 119], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1963<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1953}}
|'''[[Buford Ellington]]'''<br /><small>June 27, 1907 – April 3, 1972<br>(aged 64)</small>
|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|January 19, 1959<br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 1963
|Democratic
|[[1958 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1958]]
|[[1958 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1958]]
|{{sortname|William D.|Baird|nolink=1}}
|Farmer
|- style="height:2em;"
|William D. Baird
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|''41''
|-
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Clement, Frank"|[[File:Frank Goad Clement Tennessee Governor.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" |''41''
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Frank G. Clement]]'''<br>{{Small|(1920–1969)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1507–1508}}<ref name="nga-clement" />
|rowspan="2" |[[File:Frank Goad Clement Tennessee Governor.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 15, 1963}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 83rd general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112109611902&seq=68 64], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1967<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1953}}
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Frank G. Clement]]'''<br /><small>June 2, 1920 – November 4, 1969<br>(aged 49)</small>
|rowspan="2" |January 15, 1963<br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1967
|rowspan="2"|[[1962 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1962]]
|{{sortname|James L.|Bomar Jr.|nolink=1}}
|rowspan="2" |Democratic
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" |[[1962 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1962]]
|{{sortname|Jared|Maddux|nolink=1}}
|rowspan="2" |Lawyer
|- style="height:2em;"
|James L. Bomar, Jr.
!scope="row"|''42''
|-
|data-sort-value="Ellington, Buford"|[[File:Earl Buford Ellington, Tennessee Governor.jpg|75px]]
|Jared Maddux
|'''[[Buford Ellington]]'''<br>{{Small|(1907–1972)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1508–1509}}<ref name="nga-ellington" />
|-
|{{dts|January 16, 1967}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 85th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112109611928&seq=68 64], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1971<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1953}}
|''42''
|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|[[File:Earl Buford Ellington, Tennessee Governor.jpg|100px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|'''[[Buford Ellington]]'''<br /><small>June 27, 1907 – April 3, 1972<br>(aged 64)</small>
|January 16, 1967<br />&ndash;<br />January 16, 1971
|Democratic
|[[1966 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1966]]
|[[1966 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1966]]
|{{sortname|Frank|Gorrell}}
|Farmer
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[Frank Gorrell]]
!scope="row"|43
|-
|data-sort-value="Dunn, Winfield"|[[File:Winfield Dunn 2007.jpg|75px]]
|43
|style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|[[File:Winfield Dunn 2007.jpg|100px]]
|'''[[Winfield Dunn]]'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1927)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1509–1510}}<ref name="nga-dunn">{{Cite web |title=Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/bryant-winfield-culberson-dunn/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 16, 1971}}<ref>Tennessee General Assembly. ''Journal of the Senate''. 87th general assembly, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112109611951&seq=93 85], accessed July 7, 2023</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 18, 1975<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1953}}
|'''[[Winfield Dunn]]'''<br><small>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{birth date and age|1927|07|01}}</small>
|[[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|January 16, 1971<br />&ndash;<br />January 18, 1975
|Republican
|[[1970 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1970]]
|[[1970 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1970]]
|rowspan="9"|{{sortname|John Shelton|Wilder}}{{efn|Represented the [[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]|name=lt-dem}}
|Dentist
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="9" |[[John Shelton Wilder|John S. Wilder]]
!scope="row"|44
|-
|data-sort-value="Blanton, Ray"|[[File:Ray Blanton.jpg|75px]]
|44
|style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|[[File:Ray Blanton.jpg|100px]]
|'''[[Ray Blanton]]'''<br>{{Small|(1930–1996)}}<br>{{sfn|Sobel|1978|pp=1510–1511}}<ref name="nga-blanton">{{Cite web |title=Ray Blanton |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/ray-blanton/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|{{dts|January 18, 1975}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Daughtrey |first=Larry |date=1975-01-19 |title=Blanton Says Austerity a Must |page=1 |work=The Tennessean |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-blanton-inaugurated-janu/127831860/ |access-date=2023-07-08}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1979<br>{{small|(did not run)}}
|'''[[Ray Blanton]]'''<br /><small>April 10, 1930 – November 22, 1996<br>(aged 66)</small>
|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]{{sfn|Kallenbach|1977|pp=553–555}}
|January 18, 1975<br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1979
|Democratic
|[[1974 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1974]]
|[[1974 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1974]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|Farmer, businessman
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|45
|-
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Alexander, Lamar"|[[File:Lamar Alexander (TN 2).png|75px]]
|rowspan="2" |45
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2" |[[File:Lamar Alexander (TN 2).png |100px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Lamar Alexander]]'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1940)}}<br><ref name="nga-alexander">{{Cite web |title=Lamar Alexander |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/lamar-alexander/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 17, 1979}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Daughtrey |first=Larry |last2=Hall |first2=Doug |date=1979-01-18 |title=Alexander Sworn In; Blanton Pushed Out |page=1 |work=The Tennessean |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-alexander-sworn-in-januar/127832090/ |access-date=2023-07-08}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1987<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|Under a 1978 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible for election to more than two consecutive terms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tenn. Const. art. III, § 4 |url=https://law.justia.com/constitution/tennessee/article-iii/section-4/ |access-date=2023-12-20}}</ref>|name=limits-1978}}
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Lamar Alexander]]'''<br><small>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{birth date and age|1940|07|03}}</small>
|rowspan="2" |January 20, 1979<br />&ndash;<br />January 17, 1987
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="nga-alexander" />
|rowspan="2" |Republican
|[[1978 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1978]]
|[[1978 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1978]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" |Lawyer, politician
|-
|[[1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1982]]
|[[1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1982]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2" |46
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|46
|rowspan="2" |[[File:Ned McWherter Tennessee Governor 1987-1995.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="McWherter, Ned"|[[File:Ned McWherter Tennessee Governor 1987-1995.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Ned McWherter]]'''<br>{{Small|(1930–2011)}}<br><ref name="nga-mcwherter">{{Cite web |title=Ned Ray McWherter |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/ned-ray-mcwherter/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Ned McWherter]]'''<br /><small>October 15, 1930 – April 4, 2011<br>(aged 80)</small>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 17, 1987}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Daughtrey |first=Larry |date=1987-01-18 |title=McWherter: We Are Family |page=1A |work=The Tennessean |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-mcwherter-inaugurated-jan/127832229/ |access-date=2023-07-08}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 21, 1995<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1978}}
|rowspan="2" |January 17, 1987<br />&ndash;<br />January 21, 1995
|rowspan="2" |Democratic
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]<ref name="nga-mcwherter" />
|[[1986 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1986]]
|[[1986 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1986]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" |Businessman
|-
|[[1990 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1990]]
|[[1990 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1990]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2" |47
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|47
|rowspan="2" |[[File:Donald Sundquist Tennessee Governor official portrait.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Sundquist, Don"|[[File:Donald Sundquist Tennessee Governor official portrait.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Don Sundquist]]'''<br /><small>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{birth date and age|1936|03|15}}</small>
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Don Sundquist]]'''<br>{{small|(1936–2023)}}<br><ref name="nga-sundquist">{{Cite web |title=Don Sundquist |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/don-sundquist/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 21, 1995}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Daughtrey |first=Larry |date=1995-01-22 |title=State Enters Sundquist Years |page=1A |work=The Tennessean |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-sundquist-inaugurated-jan/127832284/ |access-date=2023-07-08}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 18, 2003<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1978}}
|rowspan="2" |January 21, 1995<br />&ndash;<br />January 18, 2003
|rowspan="2" |Republican
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="nga-sundquist" />
|[[1994 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1994]]
|[[1994 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1994]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" |Businessman
|-
|[[1998 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1998]]
|[[1998 Tennessee gubernatorial election|1998]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2" |48
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|48
|rowspan="2" |[[File:Governor Bredesen (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Bredesen, Phil"|[[File:Governor Bredesen (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Phil Bredesen]]'''<br /><small>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{birth date and age|1943|11|21}}</small>
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Phil Bredesen]]'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1943)}}<br><ref name="nga-bredesen">{{Cite web |title=Phil Bredesen |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/phil-bredesen/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 18, 2003}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=de la Cruz |first=Bonna |date=2003-01-19 |title=Bredesen Sworn In to State's Top Office |page=1A |work=The Tennessean |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-bredesen-inaugurated-janu/127832327/ |access-date=2023-07-08}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 2011<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1978}}
|rowspan="2" |January 18, 2003<br />&ndash;<br />January 15, 2011
|rowspan="2" |Democratic
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Democratic Party|Democratic]]<ref name="nga-bredesen" />
|[[2002 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2002]]
|[[2002 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2002]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" |Businessman
|-
|[[2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2006]]
|[[2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2006]]
|rowspan="5" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Ron|Ramsey}}{{efn|Represented the [[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican Party]]|name=lt-rep}}
|rowspan="3" |[[Ron Ramsey]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|-
|rowspan="2" |49
!rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup"|49
|rowspan="2" |[[File:Bill Haslam 2016.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Haslam, Bill"|[[File:Bill Haslam 2016.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Bill Haslam]]'''<br /><small>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{birth date and age|1958|08|23}}</small>
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Bill Haslam]]'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1958)}}<br><ref name="nga-haslam">{{Cite web |title=Bill Haslam |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/bill-haslam/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|January 15, 2011}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-01-16 |title=Rise of the House of Haslam |page=A1 |work=The Knoxville News-Sentinel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel-haslam-inaug/127832377/ |access-date=2023-07-08}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />January 19, 2019<br>{{small|(term-limited)}}{{efn|name=limits-1978}}
|rowspan="2" |January 15, 2011<br />&ndash;<br />January 19, 2019
|rowspan="2" |Republican
|rowspan="3"|[[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="nga-haslam" />
|[[2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2010]]
|[[2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2010]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" |Businessman
|rowspan="2"|[[2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2014]]
|-
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[2014 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2014]]
|rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Randy|McNally}}
|-
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" |50
!rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"|50
|rowspan="3" |[[File:TN Governor Bill Lee 2019 May.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Lee, Bill"|[[File:Bill Lee at Change of Command Ceremony (1) (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)|Bill Lee]]'''<br /><small>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{birth date and age|1959|10|09}}</small>
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)|Bill Lee]]'''<br>{{small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1959)}}<br><ref name="nga-lee">{{Cite web |title=Bill Lee |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/bill-lee/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref>
|rowspan="2" |January 19, 2019<br />&ndash;<br /> present<ref>Lee's second term will begin on January 21, 2023 and will expire January 16, 2027; He will be term-limited</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 19, 2019}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Allison |first=Natalie |last2=Ebert |first2=Joel |title=Bill Lee sworn in as Tennessee's 50th governor, nearly 2 years after long-shot bid |language=en-US |work=The Tennessean |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/19/bill-lee-tennessee-governor-inauguration/2585557002/ |access-date=2023-10-02}}</ref><br />&ndash;<br />Incumbent{{efn|Lee's second term began on January 21, 2023, and [[2026 Tennessee gubernatorial election|will expire]] January 16, 2027; he will be term-limited}}
|rowspan="2" |Republican
|rowspan="2"|[[Tennessee Republican Party|Republican]]<ref name="nga-lee" />
|[[2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2018]]
|[[2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2018]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" |Businessman, farmer
|rowspan="2" |[[Randy McNally]]
|-
|[[2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2022]]
|[[2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2022]]
|-
|}
|}


==See also==
==Other high offices held by governors==
*{{section link|Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States|Tennessee}}
This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Tennessee except where noted. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.


==Notes==
{| class="wikitable"
{{notelist}}
!rowspan="2"|Governor
!rowspan="2"|Gubernatorial term
!colspan="2"|[[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]]
!rowspan="2"|Other offices held
|-
![[United States House of Representatives|House]]
![[United States Senate|Senate]]
|-
|[[William Blount]]
|1790–1796 (territorial)
|
|align="center"|S
|[[Congress of the Confederation|Continental Congressman]] from [[North Carolina]]
|-
|[[John Sevier]]
|1796–1801<br />1803–1809
|align="center"|H
|
|U.S. Representative from [[North Carolina]]; Governor of the [[State of Franklin]]
|-
|[[Sam Houston]]
|1827–1829
|align="center"|H
|
|President of the [[Republic of Texas]]; U.S. Senator from Texas; [[Governor of Texas]]
|-
|[[William Hall (governor)|William Hall]]
|1829
|align="center"|H
|
|
|-
|[[Newton Cannon]]
|1835–1839
|align="center"|H
|
|
|-
|[[James K. Polk]]
|1839–1841
|align="center"|H
|
|[[President of the United States|11th President of the United States]]
|-
|[[James C. Jones]]
|1841–1845
|
|align="center"|S
|
|-
|[[Aaron V. Brown]]
|1845–1847
|align="center"|H
|
|[[United States Postmaster General]]
|-
|[[Neill S. Brown]]
|1847–1849
|
|
|[[List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia|United States Minister to Russia]]
|-
|[[William Trousdale]]
|1849–1851
|
|
|[[List of ambassadors of the United States to Brazil|United States Minister to Brazil]]
|-
|[[William B. Campbell]]
|1851–1853
|align="center"|H
|
|
|-
|[[Andrew Johnson]]
|1853–1857<br />1862–1865
|align="center"|H
|align="center"|S
|[[President of the United States|17th President of the United States]]; [[Vice President of the United States|16th Vice President of the United States]]
|-
|[[Isham G. Harris]]
|1857–1862
|align="center"|H
|align="center"|S
|
|-
|[[William G. Brownlow]]
|1865–1869
|
|align="center"|S
|
|-
|[[James D. Porter]]
|1875–1879
|
|
|[[List of ambassadors of the United States to Chile|United States Minister to Chile]]
|-
|[[William B. Bate]]
|1883–1887
|
|align="center"|S
|
|-
|[[Robert Love Taylor]]
|1897–1899
|align="center"|H
|align="center"|S
|
|-
|[[Benton McMillin]]
|1899–1903
|align="center"|H
|
|[[List of ambassadors of the United States to Peru|United States Minister to Peru]]; [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Guatemala|United States Minister to Guatemala]]
|-
|[[James B. Frazier]]
|1903–1905
|
|align="center"|S*
|
|-
|[[Malcolm R. Patterson]]
|1907–1911
|align="center"|H
|
|
|-
|[[Alfred A. Taylor]]
|1921–1923
|align="center"|H
|
|
|-
|[[Gordon Browning]]
|1937–1939<br />1949–1953
|align="center"|H
|
|
|-
|[[Prentice Cooper]]
|1939–1945
|
|
|[[List of ambassadors of the United States to Peru|United States Ambassador to Peru]]
|-
|[[Jim Nance McCord]]
|1945–1949
|align="center"|H
|
|
|-
|[[Ray Blanton]]
|1975–1979
|align="center"|H
|
|
|-
|[[Lamar Alexander]]
|1979–1987
|
|align="center"|S
|[[United States Secretary of Education]]
|-
|[[Don Sundquist]]
|1995–2003
|align="center"|H
|
|
|}


==References==
==Living former governors of Tennessee==
;General
As of {{date}}, there are five former governors from Tennessee who are currently living, the oldest being [[Winfield Dunn]] (served 1971–1975, born 1927). The most recent and most recently governor to die [[Ned McWherter]] (served 1987–1995, born 1930) on April 4, 2011.
{{refbegin}}
*{{Cite web |title=Former Tennessee Governors |url=https://www.nga.org/former-governors/tennessee/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=National Governors Association}}
*{{Cite book |last=Sobel |first=Robert |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0004unse/ |title=Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. IV |publisher=Meckler Books |year=1978 |isbn=9780930466008 |access-date=June 13, 2023}}
*{{Cite book |last=McMullin |first=Thomas A. |url=http://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0000mcmu |title=Biographical directory of American territorial governors |date=1984 |publisher=Westport, CT : Meckler |isbn=978-0-930466-11-4 |access-date=January 19, 2023}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |url=http://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County |date=2003 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1439-0}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5646-8 |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Kallenbach |first=Joseph Ernest |url=http://archive.org/details/americanstategov0000kall |title=American State Governors, 1776-1976 |date=1977 |publisher=Oceana Publications |isbn=978-0-379-00665-0 |access-date=September 23, 2023}}
* {{Cite book |last=Glashan |first=Roy R. |url=http://archive.org/details/americangovernor0000glas |title=American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 |date=1979 |publisher=Meckler Books |isbn=978-0-930466-17-6}}
* {{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - Governor of Tennessee - History |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=171 |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}
* {{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - Governor of Tennessee (CSA) - History |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=68433 |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}
{{refend}}


{| class="wikitable"
!Governor!!Gubernatorial term!!Date of birth (and age)

|-
|[[Winfield Dunn]]
|1971–1975
|{{birth date and age|1927|7|1}}

|-
|[[Lamar Alexander]]
|1979–1987
|{{birth date and age|1940|7|3}}

|-
|[[Don Sundquist]]
|1995–2003
|{{birth date and age|1936|3|15}}

|-
|[[Phil Bredesen]]
|2003–2011
|{{birth date and age|1943|11|21}}

|-
|[[Bill Haslam]]
|2011–2019
|{{birth date and age|1958|8|23}}

|}

==References==
;Specific
;Specific
{{reflist|30em}}
{{Reflist|30em}}

;General
{{Portal|United States}}
* Vile, John R., and Byrnes, Mark E. ''Tennessee Government and Politics: Democracy in the Volunteer State''. 1998, Vanderbilt University Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=IMYHkwB5uHAC&&pg=PA43 p. 43]


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.tn.gov/governor.html Office of the Governor of Tennessee]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041022182750/http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/conofficers.pdf ''Tennessee Blue Book: Historical Listings of Constitutional Officers'']
*[http://state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/42-past_govs.pdf ''Tennessee Blue Book: Past Governors of Tennessee'']


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The governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

Tennessee has had 50 governors, including the incumbent, Bill Lee.[1] Seven governors (John Sevier, William Carroll, Andrew Johnson, Robert Love Taylor, Gordon Browning, Frank G. Clement, and Buford Ellington) have served non-consecutive terms. This tally does not include William Blount (the territorial governor) or Robert L. Caruthers (who never took office), though the Blue Book includes them in its list of governors.[2] All governors are counted only once, regardless of number of terms served (e.g., John Sevier is considered the 1st governor, rather than the 1st and 3rd governor). The Blue Book does not include Edward H. East in its list of governors.

List of governors

Southwest Territory

The Territory South of the Ohio River, commonly known as the Southwest Territory, was organized on May 26, 1790.[3]

Throughout its 6-year history, Southwest Territory had only one governor appointed by the federal government, William Blount.

Governor of the Territory Southwest of the River Ohio
Governor Term in office[a] Appointed by
William Blount
(1749–1800)
[4] 		June 8, 1790[b]
–
March 28, 1796
(statehood) 		George Washington

State of Tennessee

Southwest Territory was admitted to the Union as Tennessee on June 1, 1796.[7]

The first constitution of Tennessee, enacted in 1796, set a term of two years for the governor and provided that no person could serve as governor for more than 6 years in any 8-year period.[8] The term of office was lengthened to four years, without the possibility of consecutive terms, by constitutional amendments adopted in 1953.[9] Under the current provisions of the state constitution, as amended in 1978, the governor is elected to a four-year term and may serve no more than two terms consecutively.[9][10]

Governors of the State of Tennessee
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[c]
1   John Sevier
(1745–1815)
[11][12] 		March 30, 1796[13]
–
September 23, 1801
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[15] 		1796 Office did not exist
1797
1799
2 Archibald Roane
(d. 1819)
[16][17] 		September 23, 1801[15]
–
September 23, 1803
(lost election) 		Democratic-
Republican[15] 		1801
1 John Sevier
(1745–1815)
[11][12] 		September 23, 1803[15]
–
September 20, 1809
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[15] 		1803
1805
1807
3 Willie Blount
(1768–1835)
[18][19] 		September 20, 1809[20]
–
September 27, 1815
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[15] 		1809
1811
1813
4 Joseph McMinn
(1758–1824)
[21][22] 		September 27, 1815[15]
–
October 1, 1821
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[15] 		1815
1817
1819
5 William Carroll
(1788–1844)
[23][24] 		October 1, 1821[25]
–
October 1, 1827
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic-
Republican[15] 		1821
1823
1825
6 Sam Houston
(1793–1863)
[26] 		October 1, 1827[27]
–
April 16, 1829
(resigned)[e] 		Democratic-
Republican[15] 		1827
7 William Hall
(1775–1856)
[28][29] 		April 16, 1829[30]
–
October 1, 1829
(did not run) 		Democratic-
Republican[15] 		Succeeded from
speaker of
the Senate
5 William Carroll
(1788–1844)
[23][24] 		October 1, 1829[31]
–
October 12, 1835
(term-limited)[d] 		Democratic[f] 1829
1831
1833
8 Newton Cannon
(1781–1841)
[33][34] 		October 12, 1835[35]
–
October 14, 1839
(lost election) 		Whig[g] 1835
1837
9 James K. Polk
(1795–1849)
[38][39] 		October 14, 1839[40]
–
October 14, 1841
(lost election) 		Democratic[15] 1839
10 James C. Jones
(1809–1859)
[41][42] 		October 14, 1841[43]
–
October 15, 1845
(did not run) 		Whig[15] 1841
1843
11 Aaron V. Brown
(1795–1859)
[44][45] 		October 15, 1845[46]
–
October 17, 1847
(lost election) 		Democratic[15] 1845
12 Neill S. Brown
(1810–1886)
[47][48] 		October 17, 1847[49]
–
October 16, 1849
(lost election) 		Whig[15] 1847
13 William Trousdale
(1790–1872)
[50][51] 		October 16, 1849[52]
–
October 16, 1851
(lost election) 		Democratic[15] 1849
14 William B. Campbell
(1807–1867)
[53][54] 		October 16, 1851[55]
–
October 17, 1853
(did not run)[53] 		Whig[15] 1851
15 Andrew Johnson
(1808–1875)
[56][57] 		October 17, 1853[58]
–
November 3, 1857
(did not run)[h] 		Democratic[15] 1853
1855
16 Isham G. Harris
(1818–1897)
[59][60] 		November 3, 1857[61]
–
March 12, 1862
(deposed)[i] 		Democratic[15] 1857
1859
1861
15 Andrew Johnson
(1808–1875)
[56][57] 		March 12, 1862[j]
–
March 4, 1865
(resigned)[k] 		Military governor
appointed by President
— Edward H. East
(1830–1904)
[65] 		March 4, 1865[15]
–
April 5, 1865
(successor took office) 		— Secretary of
state
acting
17 Parson Brownlow
(1805–1877)
[66][67] 		April 5, 1865[68]
–
February 25, 1869
(resigned)[l] 		Republican[15] 1865
1867
18 Dewitt Clinton Senter
(1830–1898)
[69][70] 		February 25, 1869[71]
–
October 10, 1871
(did not run) 		Republican[15] Succeeded from
speaker of
the Senate
1869
19 John C. Brown
(1827–1889)
[72][73] 		October 10, 1871[74]
–
January 18, 1875
(did not run) 		Democratic[15] 1870
1872
20 James D. Porter
(1828–1912)
[75][76] 		January 18, 1875[77]
–
February 16, 1879
(did not run) 		Democratic[15] 1874
1876
21 Albert S. Marks
(1836–1891)
[78][79] 		February 16, 1879[80]
–
January 17, 1881
(did not run)[78] 		Democratic[15] 1878
22 Alvin Hawkins
(1821–1905)
[81][82] 		January 17, 1881[83]
–
January 15, 1883
(lost election) 		Republican[15] 1880
23 William B. Bate
(1826–1905)
[84][85] 		January 15, 1883[86]
–
January 17, 1887
(did not run) 		Democratic[15] 1882
1884
24 Robert Love Taylor
(1850–1912)
[87][88] 		January 17, 1887[89]
–
January 19, 1891
(did not run) 		Democratic[15] 1886
1888
25 John P. Buchanan
(1847–1930)
[90][91] 		January 19, 1891[92]
–
January 16, 1893
(lost election) 		Democratic[15] 1890
26 Peter Turney
(1827–1903)
[93][94] 		January 16, 1893[95]
–
January 21, 1897
(did not run) 		Democratic[15] 1892
1894
24 Robert Love Taylor
(1850–1912)
[87][88] 		January 21, 1897[96]
–
January 16, 1899
(did not run) 		Democratic[15] 1896
27 Benton McMillin
(1845–1933)
[97][98] 		January 16, 1899[99]
–
January 20, 1903
(did not run) 		Democratic[15] 1898
1900
28 James B. Frazier
(1856–1937)
[100][101] 		January 20, 1903[102]
–
March 27, 1905
(resigned)[m] 		Democratic[15] 1902
1904
29 John I. Cox
(1855–1946)
[103][104] 		March 27, 1905[105]
–
January 17, 1907
(lost nomination)[103] 		Democratic[15] Succeeded from
speaker of
the Senate
30 Malcolm R. Patterson
(1861–1935)
[106][107] 		January 17, 1907[108]
–
January 25, 1911
(withdrew)[n] 		Democratic[15] 1906
1908
31 Ben W. Hooper
(1870–1957)
[110][111] 		January 25, 1911[112]
–
January 15, 1915
(lost election) 		Republican[15] 1910
1912
32 Thomas Clarke Rye
(1863–1953)
[113][114] 		January 15, 1915[115]
–
January 15, 1919
(did not run)[113] 		Democratic[15] 1914
1916
33 Albert H. Roberts
(1868–1946)
[116][117] 		January 15, 1919[118]
–
January 15, 1921
(lost election) 		Democratic[15] 1918
34 Alfred A. Taylor
(1848–1931)
[119][120] 		January 15, 1921[121]
–
January 16, 1923
(lost election) 		Republican[15] 1920
35 Austin Peay
(1876–1927)
[122][123] 		January 16, 1923[124]
–
October 2, 1927
(died in office) 		Democratic[15] 1922
1924
1926
36 Henry Hollis Horton
(1866–1934)
[125][126] 		October 2, 1927[127]
–
January 17, 1933
(did not run)[125] 		Democratic[15] Succeeded from
speaker of
the Senate
1928
1930
37 Hill McAlister
(1875–1959)
[128][129] 		January 17, 1933[130]
–
January 15, 1937
(did not run)[128] 		Democratic[15] 1932
1934
38 Gordon Browning
(1889–1976)
[131][132] 		January 15, 1937[133]
–
January 16, 1939
(lost nomination)[134] 		Democratic[15] 1936
39 Prentice Cooper
(1895–1969)
[134][135] 		January 16, 1939[136]
–
January 16, 1945
(term-limited)[o] 		Democratic[15] 1938
1940
1942
40 Jim Nance McCord
(1879–1968)
[138][139] 		January 16, 1945[140]
–
January 17, 1949
(lost nomination)[131] 		Democratic[15] 1944
1946
38 Gordon Browning
(1889–1976)
[131][132] 		January 17, 1949[141]
–
January 15, 1953
(term-limited)[o] 		Democratic[15] 1948
1950   Walter M. Haynes
41 Frank G. Clement
(1920–1969)
[142][143] 		January 15, 1953[144]
–
January 19, 1959
(term-limited)[p] 		Democratic[15] 1952 Jared Maddux
1954
42 Buford Ellington
(1907–1972)
[146][147] 		January 19, 1959[148]
–
January 15, 1963
(term-limited)[p] 		Democratic[15] 1958 William D. Baird
41 Frank G. Clement
(1920–1969)
[142][143] 		January 15, 1963[149]
–
January 16, 1967
(term-limited)[p] 		Democratic[15] 1962 James L. Bomar Jr.
Jared Maddux
42 Buford Ellington
(1907–1972)
[146][147] 		January 16, 1967[150]
–
January 16, 1971
(term-limited)[p] 		Democratic[15] 1966 Frank Gorrell
43 Winfield Dunn
(b. 1927)
[151][152] 		January 16, 1971[153]
–
January 18, 1975
(term-limited)[p] 		Republican[15] 1970 John Shelton Wilder[q]
44 Ray Blanton
(1930–1996)
[154][155] 		January 18, 1975[156]
–
January 17, 1979
(did not run) 		Democratic[15] 1974
45 Lamar Alexander
(b. 1940)
[157] 		January 17, 1979[158]
–
January 17, 1987
(term-limited)[r] 		Republican[157] 1978
1982
46 Ned McWherter
(1930–2011)
[160] 		January 17, 1987[161]
–
January 21, 1995
(term-limited)[r] 		Democratic[160] 1986
1990
47 Don Sundquist
(1936–2023)
[162] 		January 21, 1995[163]
–
January 18, 2003
(term-limited)[r] 		Republican[162] 1994
1998
48 Phil Bredesen
(b. 1943)
[164] 		January 18, 2003[165]
–
January 15, 2011
(term-limited)[r] 		Democratic[164] 2002
2006 Ron Ramsey[s]
49 Bill Haslam
(b. 1958)
[166] 		January 15, 2011[167]
–
January 19, 2019
(term-limited)[r] 		Republican[166] 2010
2014
Randy McNally
50 Bill Lee
(b. 1959)
[168] 		January 19, 2019[169]
–
Incumbent[t] 		Republican[168] 2018
2022

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor's successor was confirmed, unless noted.
  2. ^ Blount was nominated on June 7, 1790;[5] confirmed by the Senate on June 8;[5] and took the oath of office on September 20.[4] He was reconfirmed by the Senate on December 11, 1794.[6]
  3. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Under the 1796 constitution, governors were ineligible to serve more than six years in any term of eight.[14]
  5. ^ Houston resigned with no specific reasoning, but it was during the collapse of his marriage.[26]
  6. ^ Carroll is labeled a Jackson Democrat by Kallenbach,[15] and a Democratic-Republican by Glashan.[32]
  7. ^ Dubin[36] and Kallenbach[37] label Cannon's party affiliation in 1835 as Anti-Van Buren Democratic.
  8. ^ Johnson was instead elected to the United States Senate.[56]
  9. ^ Harris fled Nashville for Memphis after the Battle of Fort Donelson in February 1862, and was later driven from the state by Union forces as he worked with the Confederate army.[59] Johnson was appointed military governor of Tennessee on March 12, 1862, by the Union forces occupying Middle and East Tennessee.[56] Meanwhile, the Confederate-held portions of West Tennessee held an election in August 1863, in which Harris would have been term-limited, and elected Robert L. Caruthers governor. However, as the legislature was unable to convene, Caruthers was never able to take office.[15][62]
  10. ^ Johnson was appointed military governor on March 4;[63] he arrived in Nashville on March 12.[64]
  11. ^ Johnson resigned, having been elected Vice President of the United States.[56][15]
  12. ^ Brownlow resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[66]
  13. ^ Frazier resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[100]
  14. ^ Patterson received the Democratic nomination, but withdrew after a schism in the party.[109]
  15. ^ a b Under the 1870 constitution, governors were ineligible to serve more than six years in any term of eight.[137]
  16. ^ a b c d e Under a 1953 amendment to the constitution, governors were ineligible to succeed themselves.[145]
  17. ^ Represented the Democratic Party
  18. ^ a b c d e Under a 1978 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible for election to more than two consecutive terms.[159]
  19. ^ Represented the Republican Party
  20. ^ Lee's second term began on January 21, 2023, and will expire January 16, 2027; he will be term-limited

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